Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Beaurepaire-Rohan, Henry de

BEAUREPAIRE-ROHAN, Henry de (bo-re-pair-ro-on′), Brazilian traveller, b. in Piauhy, Brazil, about 1818. He explored Paraguay in 1845-'6, visited Bonpland at Borja, and published “Descripçâo de uma viagem de Cuyaba ao Rio de Janeiro” (Rio, 1846). He was promoted in 1850 to the rank of major of engineers, and charged by the government with the exploration of central Brazil, and has since published several works on the geography and history of parts of that empire.